Liping Zhu L.Ac., founder of Qi Dragon Healing Center, is a Nationally and California licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist and has received direct transmission of Qigong and Taichi from China. She was a gold medalist in the 1996 International Martial Arts Tournament. She has been teaching Qigong and Taichi for more than 20 years and is the creator of the Heavenly Essence Qigong Certificate Program. She is currently the Qigong instructor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) and has an acupuncture practice in San Francisco.

Liping obtained her Masters in Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine from ACTCM. She finished a two year post-graduate TCM Dermatology Specialization Certificate Program and is currently in ACTCM’s doctoral program specializing in Women’s Health and Pain Management.

For 10 years Liping was a resident at the SF Zen Center where she received her lay ordination and was installed as a Shuso in the Soto Zen lineage.

Liping believes in the healing of body and mind through alternative medicine, the self-care practices of Qigong and Taichi, and the wisdom teachings of Zen. She empowers and guides her patients and students in self-healing and health maintenance through both her energetic acupuncture treatments and her passionate teachings. www.qidragon.com